Domain backorder service comes out of beta — Sav’s no-fee

Domain name registrar only charges clients the registration cost for dropping domains.

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Domain name registrar Sav has taken the beta label off of its domain name backordering service.

Sav doesn’t charge anything to place backorders and doesn’t charge an extra fee when domains are caught. Clients pay only the typical registration fee, assuming they are the only person that backordered the domain. That’s right now $6.95 for .com domain names.

Sav founder Anthos Chrysanthou told Reglike that the firm is catching thousands of .com domains every month, but that its biggest successes are for .co and .io domain names. Recent catches include Luxury.co, Queen.co, Instructor.io and SmartHome.io. As I write this, there’s a heated battle for Noon.co.

Domains with multiple backorders go to a ten-day public auction in which anyone can bid.

The system does not publicize which domains have backorders, so there is no issue with “tipping off” other domain investors regarding which domains you’re backordering.

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